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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-09-17
POISONOUS ColoRS.
Some Of the Dangerous Egg Substitutes
Used by City bakeries.

The American Society for tho Pre-
vention Of Adulteration of Food is
distributing the following circular
among Philadelphia bakers and con-
fcctioners; You are hereby notified
that the enumerated colors herein are
poisonous, and If you p r'ist in the
use of any of thcm after the rcceip, of
this notice, You will lc prosecuted to
the full extent of the present law:
COMMON AND POISONOUS CotoRs. rU
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-09-17

FRANKIE j. four years old. and not
much accustomed b. nausea One MORN
ing he was pretty sick, and said very
sadly. II do not know what makes me
ioggle 90 insideT'
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-09-17

The other day Mr.. Walsham, the
borough surveyor Of Peterborough,
England. having been rendered ian
guild by the hot weather. yawned 10
such a degree that lie actually dislo-
Gated his Jaw.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-09-17

The whole length Of mail routes in
operation in the United States amounts
- 37j. 900 miles
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-22
EDENTON. n c.. Tuesday, November 20, 1887.

occasion. He also reports his trip t.
Portsm outh and Norfolk as being eX
ceedingIv pleasant He meet many OF
his old fr lends and acquaintance.
The immense success experienced il
the OYSTER trade this season enables IN &
to furnish my patrons and friends at
rates cheap and within the reach of all.
Twenty-Five cents per Quart. Fresh
rron Norfolk daily. Buying IN large
q1antities I can afford to sell cheap.
Full pint oysters stewed 2jc. Full fly
in cracker dust and butterl 2Jc. Give
me call. Satisfaction guaranteed.
K. 3. Hayes,
King street, Edenton, \. Z
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-22
SCHOOL NOTICE.
EDExTox y. c. July 2S. 1887.

To the Public:-We are glad 10 an
nounce that Mr.. F. Hall, 4 graduate
of Davidson College, y. c., and Il teach
er of successful experience. viii on the
1,r Monday IN October next. oren "a
school in EdentoH Tor boys and girls
The terms will be Te,lsou2Gie and Will
be Dubiished later,
MI Hall brings with him me vnry
highest endorsements, as - -e.t.eIHaU
and q teacher. lie Is employed by q
number of citizens. who feel the need Of
increased educational advantages IL
Edenton and whose ONLY purpose IS to
promote that object. No means viii be
spared TO make the school a success.
We have been appointed to make the
announcement and 70 ask the patronage
and good will OF our people for the
School.
w. D. Pruden, T. 3. Bland, JGo. G.
Bond, j. r. b. Hathaway, Edward
V Ood, Committee.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-22
Examine our all wool
flannel dress goods at
80 cents per yard.

All shades OF double with Tricots.
at 57t cts. We have marked down all
Of our 25c worsteads to 30 cents.
Double width flannel dress goods at 48@c
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-22
DEATH.

Died. Thursday, the 18th instant. in
Portsmouth, Va Mr.. w. IL. Skinner. in
the prime of his manhood. He WIS Il
son Of Jos hua T. Skinner and Grandson
of John II. Leary, ESQ. men too lately
dead to be forgotten. Both his paternaI
and maternal ancestry were naturally
in the line of thar element which were
always regarded as among the most
valuable contributors to the material
and social possess of the country.
At an early age tne deceased married
q daughter Of our beloved townsinan.
Dr., w J. Leary and leaves her widow
with two bright and promising children.
His remains were brouoht to EdcntOu
bv his BrOther-ip- law, Mr.. ". j. Leary.
Jr.. who was early summoned by teie-
gram to his bedside, and were buried
in old St. Paul S church yard. amid the
ashes Of loved ones OF other days. to
wait the final hour-''tne end OF things
created.
Time is winSing us away
To our eteTnai home;
Life is but winter DAY,
A journey to- tn tomb.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-22

Just received 1000 yards of Hamburg
Fdgings-exquisit patterns, only l2@cts
for any you may select. Finer than we
ever sold.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-22

Charges are mae from das, OF
entrance. Proper deductions for pro
tracted illness. The next tenn OF i't.s
School will begin De.en.h-5 6jI.. 1851.
A special feature "f ln,, - - iucorpC-
rating our school IS cA.,l eN cry resident
patron is credited with the Pub!ic
funds apportiOned to his c!,ildren under
the school law of the State.
Resident children who are dependent
upon the Public School funds for educa-
lion are received into the School at any
6i+Ile without charge.
This school and system offers the best
educational advantages sttainah!e J..
Edenton. Rv dividing pupils 81 several
srades of advancement, among acheTs
emp Dyed for each grade, better ard
more efficient iu>tI uCCiuu is obtained az
less cost than can be had otherwise.
Pupils from other 4isjricJs are invited
to enter the School at above rates al
instruction. and they can obtain gJo3
BOARD at moderate prices.
BY order OF tue board Of Trustees Of
the Edenton Graded School. Oct. 1887.
+. T. ELLIOTT, President.
/. G. BADHAM, Sec. pro tenn.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-22
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The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-22

PRoF. I. \. WILLIAMS, Prin"inaI-
Mrs. Z. Z. CHEsKIaE. A,-,sja"f
MISS II. 4. THO1lP oN. J Teachers.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-16

await reinforce GEN JOSEPH HOOKER
ments. At o'clock they came pouring i'm,
Willcox's and Sturgis' divisions and Harlan's
Fairchild's and Gibbons brigades.
Gen. Hooker's division was sent to sweep
around towards the north and do up the fight
ing at Turner's Gap.
Fighting Joe Hooker" distinguished him
self at South Mountain as elsewhere. He
was already a major general of volunteers,
and commanded the First division of tho
First army corps (Burnsides). His name be-
longs to the whole country, but he was a ma
tive of Massachusetts,, born in 1915. He was
graduated at West Point in 1887, and entered
the artillery. He served in the Mexican war,
but resigned ut length from the army and
settled in California. He entered the United
States volunteer service from that state in
1861, and was commissioned brigadier gen.
eral. He was severely wounded at the battle
OF Antietam or Sharpsburg, which imme-
diately followed that of South Mountain
Early in 1868 the command Of the whole
Army of the Potomac was given to him. He
held it about six months, then was transferred
to the west and served at Chattanooga and
through the Atlanta campaign. Gen.
Hooker died on Long Island in 1870.
Meantime, while the Federal army was re-
ceiving re-enforcements ut South Mountain,
the Confederates had not been left without
them. At . o'clock Longstreet's division
came up, after hurried march from Hagers-
town. During the forenoon the Confederate
general. Hill, had had only five brigades with
which to confront nearly all Of McClellan's
slowly arriving army. When Longstreets
command arrived i'm the afternoon there were
fourteen brigadcs in all, against eighteen
Federal brigades, with all the rest OF Nc
Clellan's army in the rear.
The first advance toward Turner's Gap had
been made on Saturday, Sept. Is, by Pleas
onions cavalry. This appriscd the Confed-
crates that Mcclellan was close after them.
Gen. Pleasonton, however, on that day merely
made forward movement and retired, per.
ceiving Colquitt's and Garland's Confederate
brigndes mt the Gap.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-16

BARBARA FRIETCHIE. years old. Her
United States flag was displayed from one Of
the little windows in the roof when Stonewall
Jackson came TO town, where
She leaned far out on the window sill,
And shook it forth with right good win
Mcclellan had been puzzled to know what
Lee would do next after tho battle of Chan
lilly. He knew by September that they
had crossed into Maryland. Flo followed,
but was uncertain which route Lee would
take from Frederick. He advanced on that
town, but slowly and cautiously, overesti-
mating, rs he had done before at Rich
mond, tho strength of Lees army.
He reached Frederick Sept. II and occu-
pied it after n skirmish with Lees rear
guard. The Confederates had evacuated the
place, but where had they gone nova He
found out in singular way. A copy of Gen.
Lees orders to his commanding generals had
been left in ID. II. Hills headquarters at
Frederick, when the Confederate army quit
ted there September 10. The order was issued
September ., and was three days old when it
was handed to Mcclellan. 1t told him all he
wanted TO know.
II Popes dispatch book had been captured
by the Confederates a month before, and the
Federal plans laid bare, the Union army was
avenged now The fatal special order No.
19l" revealed that Harper's Ferry, Va. was
the great objective point of Lee This special
order became known through the south us the
"Lost Dispatch" Gen. D. Ii. HILL however,
declares that it misled Mcclellan, and that
it did not amount TO anything anyway.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-16

toms Gap "at daybreak next morning. He
was twelve miles away. III the march had
been made that night the fate Of battle might
have been changed. Franklin would have
passed Champions Gap without opposition,
and thus been safe between the two parts of
Lees army on the north and south. As it
was, lie reached the Gap about noon of the
l4th. The Confederates were fully appraised
Of his movements by that time, and McLaws
had sent Gen. Cobb with three biigades to
meet him. There was bloody fighting for
three hours. Franklin and his men defeated
Cobb, gained the crest of the Gap and passed
beyond and westward down into Pleasant
valley, between South mountain and Elk
mountain.
Gen. Lafayette McLaws rendered efficient
aid to the Confederates throughout the whole
Maryland campaign, beginning at the siege
himself at Fredericksburg and afterwards at
Gettysburg. Gen. McI.aws was n Georgian
and graduate of West Point in 1912. He
served III the Mexican war; His active fight
ing life continued through the whole of the
civil war, and lie surrendered finally with
Lee in 1865.
In what may be called tho three Gap fights
on South Mountain that Sunday, September
IA, 1862, the Federals were in every case act
ually victorious. But the strategic victory
was all on the side of the Confederates.
That day gave time for Lees scattered forces
W peRiu 70 BeV IoSetncr again. ~. III. Hill
says that he was sighting for time" all that
bloody day. He gained it. II McClellan's
army had crossed the passes even one day
earlier Harpers Ferry might have been saved
to tho Federals and Lees army would have
found it impossible to rcunitc.
South Mountain itself is not single peak,
but ono long, mbroken ridge continuing
many miles. AT its summit near Turner's
Gap is Il point called the Mountain House.
From this elevated position the Confederate
Clellan's army in the valley below. Far as
the eye could see in the distance, the march
ing men came ON, column upon column. at
was o grand and glorious spectacle" says
Gen. Hill; 81 had never seen so tremendous
an army before. did not SEQ one like it af-
forwards"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-16


attached TO Mcclellan's reorganized Army OF
the Potomac he commanded what was called
the Kanawha division in Reno's Ninth corps.
At South Mountain Reno was killed and
the full command OF the corps devolvcd on
Cox. Gen. Cox was made a major general
after tho Atlanta campaign. At the battle of
Franklin, Tenn, he rode forward with
drawn sword in his hand and rallied his men.
He was governor of Ohio in 1865 aud United
States secretary of the interior in 1862 He
is at present engaged in legal practice in Ohio
and is president of the board of managers of
the Cincinnati university. He is a man of
commanding presence and distinguished legal
and literary ability. He las written several
books and pamphlets on war history, one vol
ume being devoted TO the Atlanta campaign.
Maj. Gen. Reno, the Ninth corps COM
mander, came up to the scene OF the fighting
late in the afternoon and had scarcely
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-16
Crops I'm Mexico.

Between San Juan del Rio and Quere-
taro the Mexican Central traverses the
fields of one Mexican farmer who raises
20, 600 bushels of wheat year. There
are six OF. seven haciendas in the same To-
cality where the crops reach 10, 900 BUSH
els; and 10, 900 bushels of wheat means
40, 600 bushels of corn, 1000 bushels Of
peas, and 1000 bushels of beans on the
same hacienda. That is the way the
Mexican farmer of this part of the coun-
try diversifes his crops. He raises wheat,
corn, beans, and peas in about the pro-
portion given. Occasionally there is a
specialist like the farmer near Queretaro
who goes into the raising of chile, the hot
peppers of this country. This man usu-
ally has 10000 chile plants or vines
Globe Democrat.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-16
rnec,s of Mental starvation.

A large part of tho failures, the disap-
pointments, the inferior work, the poor
thinking, the shallow reasoning, the lack
of kindly feeling and sympathetic action
which affiict mankind, is due to the lack
of nourishment afforded to the faculties.
They are starved, consequently feeble and
inefficient. Men plead the lack of time to
enrich their minds, to stimulate their
powers. to. feed their moral natures. As
well might the bird with dropping wing
and declining strength plead that he had
80 many flights to take in midair that he
had no time to pick the corn from tho
field or the fruit from the tree to sustain
him in those fights. - Homo Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-16

field. That, per- "EN' JESSIE L. hhNo'
haps, is enough TO know. Ho was born in
Pennsylvania in 1925 ana appointed to West
Point when only II years old Both Gen.
Mcclellan and Stonewall jackson were his
classmates ut West Point. He served with
distinguished bravery in the Mexican war
and was wounded at Chapultepec. He was
assistant professor of mathematics at West
Point for time. During his brief career in
the civil war he came into honorable notice
whenever fighting was to be done. Ho
served with tho army in the cast
Before the battle of South Mountain Lees
army was widely scattered. Mcclellan had
nearly 10000 men ut his command, Lee less
than co. 900 oil told. Mcclellan recognized
the situation, and made known his intention
to "cut tho enemy in two and beat him in de-
tail" Gen. Longstreet was at Hagerstown
with his men, and between that and Haiper's
Ferry, in Virginia, Lees lines were stretched
out very thin.
II McClellan's army could pass through
Turner's Gap in Sonth Mountain, lie would
have Lees army really cut in two, the forces
of Lorgstreet and ID. II. Hill being on his
right, tho rest of them, fully half, around
Harper's Ferry. Movement with all speed
wns demanded.
oepU. 10, Lee heard that tho Union army
was approaching Turner's Gap. Hill was
faced about to meet them, aud delay them
until lees forces could put themselves to-
gether again. Hill left Boonsboro with all
haste, anil marched up South Mountain to
Turner's Gap He reached the top in the
carly morning Of the 18th.
Another Sunday battle was that of South
Mountain. Fox's Gap was pass through
which what was called the old Sharpsburg
road passed, and the next battle after South
Mountain was to be fought at Sharpsburg
Gen. Garlands Confederate brigade met
Cox's advance at Fox's Gap. Garland him
self was killed about 10 o'clock, CALAMITY
fighting, and his brigade routed. He was yet
young man, end his death was greatly Ia
mented at the south.
In the fight ut Fox's Gap tho advance line
Of Coxs brigade was the Twenty third Ohio
regiment, led by Lieut.. Col. r. d. Hayes.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-16

tered the Confederate service as colonel of
North Carolina regiment He was actively
engaged throughout the whole war, having
speedily become major general and division
commander He was q brother-ia-law Of
Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson.
He displayed good generalshp Sept IA.
1862, at South Mountain.
On the map Of Maryland will be seen three
short mountain ranges or spurs, running
slightly east Of north from the left bank of
the Potomac river The most southerly is the
Catoctin, the next is the ridge called South
mountains, while west Of that is the crooked,
short Elk mountain range. They belong to
the Blue Ridge system. 1t was all about this
region, marching and counter marching,
dodging through the mountain gaps, that the
Federal and Confederate fought the Maryland
campaign quarter century ago. Pleasant
Valley. often mentioned, is between the Elk
mountain and South mountain range. Boons-
boro is village near the foot Of South noun
tain on its west side. Boonsboro is thirteen
miles from Hagerstown, which is on the
northwest.
The battle OF South Mountain, Sept. II,
was n series of short yet sufficiently bloody
fights around Turner's Gap, Fox's Gap and
Crampton's Gap. These were passes through
which the roads crossing South Mountain
led. They were several miles apart. begin
ming with Turner's Gap on the north. Fox's
Gan was next, south Of that, and south Of
Fox's Gap WINS Champions Gap, towardI
Harpers Ferry.
The famous special order No. 1917 told
Mcclellan Lee considered the possession Of
Harper's Ferry Of so much Importance that
he had divided his army to get 1t.
Stonewall Jackson's command and Walk
er's division had crossed the Potomac, jack
son above and Walker below Harper's Ferry.
Thence they we've to come together and take
the Ferry. At the same time Gen. Lafay-
cite McLaws was to approach the ferry from
tho Maryland shore and take possession OF
Maryland Heights, opposite the ferry, and
thence aid in reducing the town. Lee him
self, with Longstrcet's division ID. II. Hill as
n rear guard, was to he at Boonsboro or
Haeerstown, waiting till Harper's Ferry was
reduced. j. Il. il. Stuart. the cavalryman,
was TO send detachment OF his men with
Gems. Longstreet, jackson and McLaws,
each. and then with the main body OF his
cavalry cover the route OF the army and
abring up all strngglers"
After capturing Harper's Ferry Jackson
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-16

Meantime, where was Iecf
The war had up to that time, been chiefly
waged in what was regarded as Confederate
territory Stonewall jackson had long been
eager TO change this tactics and carry the
war into Union territory. Both he and Lee
had been casting an eye over Maryland.
Why not cross the Potomac into Maryland
by one of Jaclsson's famous foot cavalry
marches. subsist on the country aud threaten
Washington from the northl
There was feeling in the south that Mary
land, geographically, politically and socially,
belonged to the Confederncy. The state con-
tanned many secession sympathizers It was
believed that the sight OF Lee and jackson
and the stars and bars once within their bor-
lers would rouse all the Confederate enthu-
sjasm that slunibered in the breasts OF the
Marylanders.
Gems Lee mud Jackson resolved to invade
Maryland Ice issued proclamation to the
PEOPLE of that state, telling them that lie was
coming amongfthemsto aid them in throwing
of that foreign yoke which had inflicted such
wrongs and outrsges upon the citizens of a
commonwealth allied to the states OF the
south by the strongest ties.
Col. Bradley Johnson, a Confederate Mary
lander, was authorized to get recruits for tho
southern army in his native state He invited
his fellow citizens to join the Confederate
ranks. 1--WE have arms for YOU" be said
Let each man provide himself with stout
pair OF shoes. a good blanket and tin cup
Jackson's men have no baggage"
Lee Gully waited for ID. H. Hills brigades
from Richmond to join him. thus increasing
his battle worn and storm beaten army some
what: .ien. September 2, he pushed ON to-
wards the Potomac and the north. jackson
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-16
Mothers

There are upon the skin of every
human being, child and adult alike,
100000 pores. Through these
pores in the form of insensible per.
spiration, is expelled more than one
quarter of the nourishment taken into
the system. The Importance of keep.
ing open these perspiration valves
upon a child's body is second only to
that of promptly digesting the food
eaten. 1t was to open the pores of
the skin and to assimilate the food
that DR.. Pitcher formulated Castoria.
Loose bowels, constipation, fevers
and eruptions which are so constant
among infants and children, and
which kill one-third of all children
before they are five years old, arise
principally from these two causes. 1t
is from the wonderful results attend
ant upon the use of Castoria in regu-
lating the stomachs and bowels and
keeping open the pores Of the skin,
that Castoria acquired its worldwide
reputation. With plenty of water
for the body, pure air for the lungs
and Castoria to assimilate the food
there need be no unaccounted for
sickness among children Castoria
is a vegetable prescription without
morphine or other narcotic property.
Thirty years extensive use has given
it history never attained by an
other medicine.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-16

The Confederate brigades Of Drayton, Law,
G. 4. Anderson and Hood, OF Longsteet's
division, after their arrival fronted Cox at
Fox's Gap On the north, at Turner's Gap,
opposed to Hooker were the brigades OF
Robes, Colquitt, Garnett and several others.
At Fox's Gap the fight ragged all day. At
Turner's Gap it ragged only during the latter
part of the afternoon. AT both points the
Confedcratcs were beaten.
That 14th Of September was tho day Of
mountain gap battles. Down ut Ciampton's
Gap there was yet u third fight. The Con-
federate general, Lafayette McLaws, occu-
pied Maryland Heights, opposite Harper's
Ferry. 1t was the day before the surrender
Of the Ferry.
But Gen. McLaws kept strict watch over
Champion Cap, in view OF the very con-
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-16

went first, sweeping swiftly forward. He
folded the river ut Point OF Rocks, thirty
mikes below HaIpei's Ferry, aud raised thu
Confederate flag An Maryland.
Wisao jackson reached snidstreaan crossing
the Petornac, itronscd al the supp en-
thusassl OF his Aatuic. He paused a mo-
ment, fsazed across to the lsorthern shore and
waved lis hat. Hss soldiers caught the move
ment; cheer ON cheer rent the air. the bands
struck np Maryland, My Maryland," and
ten thousand voices caught the refisin. SO
the Confederate army entered Maryland.
Lee followed Immediately behind jackson.
The Confederate army amounted to about
10000 men in all. They advanced swiftly on
the town CT Frederick, Md, reaching and
taking possession Of it SeptemberG.
''Tbe Lord bless your. ragged. dirty souls"
said zealocs southern woman to the adj
ynMce
The march had been so rapid that thou
sands dropped by the way and only go, 600
entered Frederick. Ii there had been any
thing triumphant or spectacular ia their ap-
pearance, had they come with waving ban
ners and snow white plumes and shining new
uniforms, they would have obtained far more
recruits for the southern army. The instinct
for the dramatic, the poetic and the pictur-
esque, ever alive in the southern breast.
would not have been appealed to I'm vain.
But Lees men, brave and tried soldiers
though they were. were dirty and ragged and
hungry. Many of them had 10 shoes, and
marched with bleeding feet and travel stained
garments. 1t was not very poetic, neither
inviting. The recruits Lee and Jackson had
fondly hoped for were rot obtained in any
great numbers. When ii came to
the scratch, Maryland seemed more Fed
eral than Confederate, yet It was at
Frederick that the incident which gave
tiea ~ Wbitfier,s poou of gPorhoro Rriat.